A baby has died and a mother is charged with murder. I hate writing about these things. I’d almost rather pretend they haven’t happened. Sonia Hermosillo, a mother of three who had apparently been treated for postpartum depression, threw her...

Two media stories have been sitting in my inbox for several days, both about the killing of young children by their mothers. I let them sit there because I always have a hard time finding the words to talk about such things. At the same time, there is plenty of...

You may not have been aware of this, but recently the country of Canada was considering whether to eliminate its infanticide law. As reported in the Montreal Gazette, Ontario's top court ruled that “a woman who kills her newborn baby can continue to use...

Warrior Moms. Survivors. Surviving. Fighting Back. I use those words for a reason. I created the Warrior Mom logo because I was so sick and tired of the few portrayals of women with postpartum depression, or any other perinatal mood or anxiety disorder, as “less...

“Psychotic nut jobs.” That's the term used in a recent Time magazine Healthland piece about mothers who kill their newborns. Time, have we not already been over the issue of mental health stigma and poor reporting with you? Good grief. I'm...